HISD students are getting a crucial two-week break before heading into a spring semester packed with key STAAR testing and college entrance exams. This year's schedule includes key testing dates, ...

(CBS News Texas) - Texas lawmakers are set to vote on two bills on Tuesday that could end STAAR testing. The bills that would scrap the test are up for a vote in both the Texas House and Texas Senate.

A legislative effort to scrap the STAAR test to respond to concerns that the test puts unnecessary pressure on students died in the last days of the legislative session. House Bill 4, authored by ...

Students attend a math and reading workshop at a STAAR summer camp held at Dobie Middle School on July 23, 2025. Texas lawmakers will try again to revamp the state’s standardized test during this year ...

Teachers, public school students and their parents may soon be free of the dreaded standardized STAAR tests. The state House Committee on Public Education met Monday morning to discuss House Bill 8, ...

When lawmakers voted in September to eliminate Texas’ end-of-year state test and replace it with three shorter exams, they said they wanted to reduce the amount of time students spend taking ...

The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, known as STAAR, are a series of state-mandated standardized tests used in Texas schools to assess a student’s achievements and knowledge. Diane ...

The Texas Legislature is considering changes to the STAAR, our state's high-stakes end-of-year test of student performance. So recently, we asked how the STAAR has affected you and people around you.

AUSTIN, Texas — This article was originally published by our content partners at the Texas Tribune. Read the original article here. Texas lawmakers have sent legislation replacing STAAR, the state’s ...

Texas public school administrators, parents and education experts worry that a new law to replace the state’s standardized test could potentially increase student stress and the amount of time they ...

There are so many problems with the STAAR, the best place to begin is to simply say it must end. The STAAR, or State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, cannot be salvaged. It cannot be fixed.